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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tinc·ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinctured p. pr. & vb. n. Tincturing.]
 1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
    A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors.   --I. Watts.
 2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
    The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul.   --Barrow.
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